Mechanistic (adjective)

  1. Relating to, using, or involving a machine or machines.
  2. Relating to the theory or approach to something that regards it as similar to a machine or mechanism.
  3. Treating living things, human behavior, or mental processes as if they were inanimate things, without allowing for the influence of feelings or the conscious mind.

Origin:

From late latin mechanicus, from greek mēkhanē, a machine, contraption.

Examples:

  1. His approach to studying the brain is highly mechanistic.
  2. The economy is becoming more and more mechanistic.
  3. The factory produces a massive amount of products in a highly mechanistic fashion.
  4. Her latest work explores the limitations of a purely mechanistic model of human behavior.
  5. This new algorithm provides a more mechanistic approach to finding solutions.
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